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    Egg Cleaning

    I am giving away/selling some of my eggs. I give the eggs and ask that people give a couple dollars as a donation to pay for feed. My customers don't' want dirty eggs, so I started washing them. I fill my sink with cool water and add about half a cap of bleach to the water. I add the eggs...
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    2 Hens and some Chicks

    I got these two hens about 6 months ago. At the time, I had no idea what they were, but they were free, so took them. THe chicks I bought at Tractor Supply. They are about 7 weeks old. First hen: All black with green iridescent feathers on her back. She has a few feathers on her legs...
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    Any idea on the chicks I have here?

    I got these chicks from the local Tractor Supply. I asked what breed they are, and the lady responded, "Pullet, they are good egg layers." I nodded. Any of you have an idea what breed they are? LOL
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    Hatching some ducks

    AHHHH!! I am trying to hatch some ducks. I have never hatched any before. I let them set about a week longer than the chickens and still no ducks. I was almost ready to throw them out today. I candled them and saw movement inside. Anything different from hatching chickens? Any help...
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    Incubator trouble

    I am having some incubator trouble. I got a neat little incubator for Christmas to replace the homemade one I had. It has an egg turner and everything. I put in eggs, and expected a low hatch rate since I was just trying it out. I had one hatch today, but it had a horrible time getting out...
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    Broodiness

    I had a chicken I though was going broody. She sat in the nesting box for a while and fought off the other chickens. They had to go use the other box. Anyway, I took extra eggs and slid under her (She pecked the fool out of me!) She sat there all day, getting up once to run out and get a...
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    Chickens and water

    So, I have a nice watering system set up for my chickens, holds about 4 gallons and they use it frequently. However, just about as frequently, they will drink from any water that is standing in their pasture. Puddles, anything plastic that has blown in and captured water, a bucket I left in...
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    How far do chickens roam?

    I am thinking of free ranging some chickens on the pasture with the cows. I wonder what the "range" of a free range chicken is. I have about 29 acres they can wander. My plan is to build them a coop near my home, but I want to let them wander freely across the pasture. The pasture is fenced...
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    Advice for winter hatching

    I was planning on hatching some eggs in February. However, I got a new incubator for Christmas (thank you family!) and my hens are in some sort of production overdrive. I'm getting several eggs per day. While school was in session, I would give most away, but now I have a backlog of nearly 3...
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    Interesting behavior I noticed today

    Today I was out watching my chicks. Great weather, a little cloudy about 70 in NW Alabama today. Anyway, good weather to be out and about. So, I noticed one hen was walking around the rooster. When she got in front of him, she pecked his chest. He just looked at her, and she did it several...
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    Young rooster

    I bought several straight run gold sex linked chickens from Meyer hatchery in April. I had no idea how to tell them apart, and its ok. Anyway, I was sure this guy was a rooster. Had a nice comb, carried himself like a rooster. Today I found out he's doing it wrong. He layed an egg. I told...
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    Some sort of black sex link mix

    I have a new pair of pullets. I'm pretty sure they are BSL. They are black and have gold speckles on their chest. They have a single comb. One, however, is sort of interesting. She has a black iris. Her eyes are huge and black. She has splotchy feathers on her legs. Black as well. Any...
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    I was told this is a Delaware

    Is it?
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    Adding new chickens

    I bought 3 new chickens yesterday. Since I didn't have anywhere else to put them, I just put them in with the other chickens. The other chickens were in the run, so I put these in the coop. I got two RIRs and a Buff Orpington to add to my flock (1 black australorpe, 1 RIR and 9 gold sex...
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    What to do with broody hatched chicks

    I have a hen that went broody last Spring and I expect she will this Spring too. I really want to see a hen hatch her own eggs, so I will leave her alone. But I want to know what to do after they hatch. Will she feed them like other birds? The nesting boxes are 3-5 feet off the ground...
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    Golden Comets (sex linked hybrids) egg laying

    I bought some Golden Comet chicks from Meyer last April. They are about 21-22 weeks old. I haven't got any eggs yet, I thought they would start at about 16 weeks. When should I see eggs from them? They seem healthy, eat well, have oyster shell out for them and they have had layer pellets for...
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    How long will broody last?

    I have a hen that has gone broody, about 2 weeks ago. She won't leave her nest box. I assume she gets out and eats/drinks when I'm not looking. I don't have a problem with this and don't care to break her from the broodyness. However, I wonder how long it will last and if her eggs are...
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    My chicken is acting crazy since I moved her

    I fenced off part of my goat pasture to make some free range area for my chickens. The goats have been gone for about two weeks and the place is overrun with grass and weeds and such. This new area shares about a 30' section of fence with the old pen. In the old pen, I put my 6-8 week old...
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    How to make 'em drink

    I did a little fruit basket turnover this weekend. I put up a cross fence and moved the adult chickens to the old goat barn and let them free range in the grown over goat pasture. I moved the 6-8 week old chicks to the old adult chicken run. I had installed a watering station with nipples for...
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    DIY Chicken Tractor

    Chicken Tractor I made for my chicks. Made from an old swing set. I covered it with 2" poultry wire and then I added 1" wire one foot up from the bottom. It is a little rustic. It needs a place for the chickens to go, out of the weather. I would consider it a work in progress. But, I don't...
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